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00:02Tonight on Highway Patrol, caught speeding, call your lawyer.
00:08The registration of vehicle have also expired.
00:10The registration when?
00:12Fifteen.
00:13Fifteen.
00:14Heading to Canberra, ending up on the barrier.
00:18It all happened so quickly.
00:21And it's justice, it's law, it's the vibe.
00:25We're heading to Bonny Doan.
00:26There will be plenty of sorority up there, you know.
00:29Not much here right now.
00:54Black Braindromer coming up on you now.
00:57I know, I always will have a look.
01:01There he goes.
01:02Sweet.
01:04This speeding vehicle needs to be stopped before it causes a crash.
01:09I'm now doing a 150.
01:11But it's already pulling away from officers Powell and Shakespeare.
01:16156.
01:17I'm doing a 155 now.
01:19You're catching him.
01:20I believe.
01:21Still doing a 142.
01:23He's dipped in.
01:23That's going to be a stolen car.
01:25Yeah, probably.
01:25But let's get a Bredger.
01:27Might take Burke.
01:32What is it?
01:33It's just expired.
01:35I reckon she was pulling away at 155.
01:40I reckon he'll catch it up a little bit.
01:42Safe enough to stop.
01:46We took Burke Road exit.
01:48We're just on the off ramp.
01:51I'm going to call it easy 150.
01:53Yeah, 100% of the in-car later.
01:5515th of the 4th expired.
01:57Yeah, give me one second.
01:57I'm just going to quickly get Ob's on the driver.
02:00Sorry, guys.
02:01One second.
02:01Just mind, just grab the keys and shut the car off for me.
02:07Sorry?
02:08No, there's a car on the freeway that's, like, up on the centre.
02:13Oh.
02:14Uh, OK.
02:16Officer Chris Lowe has been told a vehicle is stranded on the motorway below.
02:21At the worst possible time, in the worst possible place.
02:26We've just driven past a land cruiser parked on the centre of the freeway.
02:31So the centre of the Prince's Freeway.
02:32It's busy.
02:33It's 8.39 in the morning.
02:35We've got a lot of traffic.
02:37So it's a pretty unsafe place to be stopped.
02:39He was conscious when we drove past.
02:41He was moving around inside his car.
02:42So I'm not too worried medically.
02:44But not a safe place.
02:45So let's see if we can sort him out.
02:48Oh, no, there it is.
02:49I see it.
02:50And he is right on top of that wire rope.
02:53Look at that.
02:55Don't be careful of the tension in that wire, too.
02:57Yeah, no worries.
03:00Hey, mate.
03:01What's happened?
03:02Big white truck.
03:04Pushed you off the road.
03:16That kid is really far forward.
03:18Paul pulling up against the pass.
03:19I don't reckon he's got a belt on.
03:22Nah.
03:23So we've got this little Suzuki just in front of us here.
03:25I can observe two young boys in the back seat, probably about four or five maybe tops.
03:31One on the left there, he's pulling really far forward, which indicates to me that he's
03:35not actually wearing his seat belt.
03:36So we'll just intercept this car and see if the young fellow is wearing his belt as he should be.
03:43In low light with wet conditions, officers Tim Schnapp and Mick McGill need to remedy this problem as soon as
03:50possible.
03:52Hello, sir.
03:52How are you?
03:53Hello, hi.
03:54So my name's Tim Schnapp.
03:55I'm an acting sergeant at the State Highway Patrol.
03:56Have you got your driver's licence with you yet?
03:58Yeah, sure.
03:59Hey, kids.
04:00How are you going?
04:01You need to put your seatbelt on, young fellow.
04:05Yours done very well.
04:06Yours is good.
04:07The reason I want to stop you today, he's pulling up next to you on Stud Road back there, okay?
04:13And I observed the young fellow in the back passenger seat there pulling himself right up forward,
04:18holding onto the back of the passenger seat there.
04:20I know.
04:21Yeah.
04:22That would indicate to me that he's not wearing a seatbelt.
04:24My second son, if I tie him on, he will be upset and five minutes, ten minutes after, he will
04:33take off the seatbelt again.
04:35So what can I do?
04:36Because I have no choice.
04:37I was driving.
04:39Yeah, you're a responsible parent.
04:40You need to make sure your children are restrained.
04:43Your kid was hugging the back of the passenger seat.
04:46That's about that far for his face to travel before it gets smashed against the back.
04:50It doesn't matter, but everyone...
04:51It doesn't matter.
04:52No one will do that.
04:53It matters very much.
04:58Obviously, the reason I'm pulling up today is in relation to your speeding in excess of 150km an hour.
05:04An outrageously speeding driver has an excuse for everything.
05:09What's your reason for exceeding the speed limit like that?
05:12I had cruise control on.
05:13You had cruise control on?
05:19I was doing, I was thinking, it says 150km.
05:22The car behind us came up and said you were catching us.
05:26So you were doing in excess of my speed.
05:28You then flew past us while we were doing about 100km.
05:31You wove through a bunch of traffic.
05:33Do you think if you had cruise control on, that maybe you wouldn't have been flying through all the other
05:38cars?
05:39When I was going around the cars, I took it off.
05:42Oh, okay.
05:43So what's your reason for exceeding the speed limit while the cruise control was off?
05:46No, I did not go 150km.
05:47Okay, so when I was behind you, I was maintaining an even distance, 150km.
05:53So what speed do you think you got up to?
05:56Let's say max 120km.
05:59Max 120km, okay.
06:01Alright.
06:03But a witness confirms exactly what Officers Powell and Shakespeare saw.
06:09She roared up behind me.
06:10Yeah.
06:11Clashed the lights.
06:12Yeah.
06:13Went past me, backed off, up.
06:15Yeah, she was driving all over the spot.
06:18Yeah, same.
06:19No worries.
06:20What's the status of your licence?
06:22What kind of licence have you got?
06:24I've got a P1.
06:36What's happened?
06:38I was travelling near the side lane and a big white truck.
06:44Yep.
06:45Just a night.
06:47Pussed you off the road.
06:49And I wound up coming through the fence.
06:52Yeah.
06:53Did you happen to get the red oil of the truck that emerged over?
06:56I was too busy just looking at you.
06:58Bugger.
06:59That's okay.
07:00Let's have a look, eh?
07:02Yep.
07:03A little bit of fluid there.
07:05Bad news.
07:06It's deeper than it looks.
07:07This could have been disastrous.
07:09Alright.
07:10Just going on a tow truck.
07:13Your wheels are pointing the same direction, so that's a plus.
07:16I can organise a tow truck, come and get you off these wire ropes,
07:19sit tight for a minute and see what we can do.
07:22How the car became stranded on the wire barrier is one thing.
07:25How to get it off is a different matter.
07:29Meanwhile, rush-out traffic is backing up.
07:34He's stuck until we can get a tow truck down.
07:36He's on top of the wire rope.
07:37There's a lot of tension in that rope.
07:38We need to get the tension removed first, then the vehicle off.
07:42The vehicle's in pretty good nick.
07:43Pretty sure it'll still drive fine.
07:45But we won't know until we take it off.
07:47Alright.
07:49Gonna shut the road down.
07:55I'll just do a quick breath test, mate.
07:56Have you had any alcohol?
07:57Officer Tim Schnepf is explaining to a father that there are no excuses
08:02for not having his little boy restrained in his car seat.
08:06You were travelling through the traffic.
08:09Even when I had the blue and red lights on
08:10and I was trying to get you to pull over,
08:12you still weren't pulling over.
08:14Okay.
08:15Put it this way.
08:15What would you prefer?
08:16To pull over and stop on the side of the road
08:19to fix the seatbelt of your child
08:22or for something to happen in relation to a collision
08:24or an emergency manoeuvre on your part
08:27and your kid to fly.
08:29Doesn't matter.
08:30See how he is now?
08:31Hi.
08:32Hi.
08:33Yeah.
08:34He's obviously got out of that.
08:35I know.
08:36By himself.
08:37Yeah.
08:38I know.
08:39He's always like this.
08:40You can see I was seriously talking with him.
08:43Yeah.
08:44If you notice that he's not strapped in,
08:45you need to pull over and fix it.
08:47I understand it's dangerous,
08:48but what can I do?
08:50To the shopping centre and to my home,
08:52it's the same distance.
08:54It doesn't matter what distance.
08:55A lot can happen in that short distance.
08:58I don't know.
08:58I can't do it anymore.
09:00Unfortunately, because he's not restrained,
09:03he's going to come with a ticket today.
09:04Yeah?
09:04There's going to be an infringement notice.
09:06All right?
09:06I'll get that one written up.
09:08You have a chat to your son.
09:10Put him in the seat and get him sorted.
09:12Okay?
09:12We'll stop doing that paperwork.
09:13All right?
09:14I'll be back in just a minute.
09:22You're not...
09:23To the hospital.
09:23You need to get to the hospital.
09:25I'm a bit struggling.
09:27You're a bit struggling.
09:28This speeding peep later has been caught
09:30by Officers Powell and Shakespeare.
09:33She's trying every excuse in the book
09:35and then writing some new chapters.
09:38Where have you come from?
09:39We're coming back to people with my cousin.
09:41Okay.
09:41From the city.
09:42And you need to get to the hospital.
09:44Why didn't you go to a hospital in the city
09:46if you felt like you need to go to a hospital?
09:47Because the hospital in the city is taking so long.
09:50Okay.
09:51There's three, four hospitals within the city range
09:53you could go to that you'd be able to get to a lot faster.
09:56Because that manner of driving...
09:59It's not safe at all.
10:00Are you able to show me any...
10:03Any proof?
10:03The whole thing is recorded on the in-car video.
10:06Can I say that, please?
10:07She sure can.
10:09This is her then.
10:12And this is her now.
10:14At this point, we're sitting there doing about 85, 90 third lane
10:17and you'll see yourself come up on the right in a second.
10:19And that's you that's gone past.
10:23And then again, you've taken off into a gap
10:26with the car coming up.
10:27So this is all data tracked.
10:29Our speed is either the same as yours or less than.
10:33Thoughts on that?
10:36Devastating.
10:37Devastating.
10:38All right.
10:39And the registration of the vehicle is also expired.
10:42Registration when?
10:4415.
10:4515?
10:46Melbourne 611.
10:47Can I order an impound to go to our last?
11:00Stop sign?
11:01Yeah.
11:02Yeah.
11:03It's a pretty dangerous intersection there.
11:05Just got a guy there in a ute.
11:07Basically blew us.
11:08Stop sign.
11:10Just going to go and see why he thinks it's OK to do such things.
11:13I don't think.
11:15Officers Pinky and Stock have spotted a motress in a major hurry.
11:21Stop sign, John.
11:22I just don't understand it.
11:25Now, it's a male driver.
11:26I'll just go and tell you hello.
11:27Beach Road's known for lots of collisions.
11:29And I want to make sure that he knows what he's done.
11:31Wherever this driver was going, it must be good.
11:35But now, he's going to be late.
11:37Hello there.
11:39The Mancini, Constable Pinkney from the Moravan Highway Patrol.
11:41The reason we stopped you is that, basically, as you came out of that road there, you went
11:47straight through the stop line.
11:48It didn't stop you.
11:49You just cruised all the way through it.
11:51So what's your reason for going for a stop sign?
11:55As I've come out, I've looked.
11:58There's no one around the corner.
12:02So I've gone.
12:03I believe I've done nothing wrong.
12:05I've looked both ways.
12:07There was no one coming.
12:08So I'm going, you know?
12:11I just think it's a joke.
12:12You have to pull me over for something like that.
12:14No, as I was saying, to go for a stop sign is in the fence.
12:18You didn't come to a complete stop.
12:19You basically rolled through that.
12:20Imagine if someone had come around at speed, at the speed limit over here.
12:24I've got two eyes, mate.
12:24I can see.
12:25That's fine.
12:27I'm doing my job, mate.
12:28That's all I'm here for.
12:30Well, that appears negative.
12:31I'll be back in the moment.
12:31You tick it.
12:34Mate, I'm annoyed, for sure.
12:35But, you know, I've got things to do.
12:37I've got to go home, grab me son, grab me bloody motorbikes, hook them all up, and we're
12:41heading to Bonny Doon.
12:43And now I've got a half an hour delay because these blokes take too frigging long.
12:47There's a red sign that says stop.
12:49This is a busy road.
12:51Motorcyclists, cyclists, pedestrians.
12:54Not much serenity then.
12:56Well, mate, there will be plenty of serenity up there, but, you know, not much here right
13:00now.
13:01There's a driving licence back, and there's your infringement notice there.
13:04All right, if you need any questions, all right, cheerio.
13:07See ya.
13:09Well, the logic doesn't really work.
13:10The thing is, I'm here to protect the people on the roads and the people on the pavements.
13:14You know, if he's going to Bonny Doon, mate, he's going to get some jousting sticks.
13:18All I can say is he's dreaming.
13:19If he thinks that going through a stop sign, stop line is okay, then maybe he should be
13:24the one who's dreaming on that.
13:32I got pushed sideways.
13:33It's a big truck.
13:37Our driver's in pretty good spirits.
13:39He looks a little bit shaken up by the whole thing.
13:41He's not alcohol affected.
13:43He's licensed.
13:43Everything's fine in that regard.
13:45He's just a little bit shaken because he's been pushed off the road by a very large truck,
13:49which scared the best of us.
13:51Unfortunately, he had a dash cam fitted.
13:53It wasn't working.
13:55If the dash cam was working, we'd have access to exactly what occurred.
14:01We'd likely have access to the registration of the truck, which will allow us to make follow-up
14:05inquiries with the truck driver.
14:06I was halfway along its length, and it pulled straight over, and it forced me into here
14:14and pushed me to the fence.
14:17I think he didn't see me.
14:19I don't know.
14:22It all happens so quickly.
14:25And quickly, is this tow-y's middle name?
14:29Shouldn't take too long.
14:30How you going?
14:31Reckon you'll be able to get it off?
14:36These are reasonably flexible, so they shouldn't be too bad.
14:40All the suspension components on those lane cruisers are pretty tough.
14:43I reckon you'll be right.
14:47Wait, wait, wait.
14:50You're coming up on the post.
14:52Can you back up at four feet?
14:59That's you just gone past.
15:02Officer Corey Powell has just shown a peep later, a recording of her high-speed and reckless
15:08driving, just minutes earlier.
15:11This is you over here again.
15:12Yep.
15:13So at this point, we're sitting behind you so we can get you a registration, because
15:16we thought this was a stolen car, because of the way you were driving.
15:20Thoughts on that?
15:23Devastating.
15:24Devastating.
15:26My mum's going to kill me.
15:27Mum won't kill her, but the car could.
15:30Officer Tom Shakespeare has spotted a major defect.
15:34Looks like these rear tyres are a little bald.
15:38Look at the malformation on the tyres.
15:40Down to the wiring.
15:41The wall is misshapen and peeling off.
15:45Have you done that defect paperwork completely?
15:46They've also just chopped the exhaust pipes off.
15:49The rear muffler's just not there.
15:52Let's have a look.
15:53Give me a sec.
15:54So basically, Corey's checked the windows and the tint does not comply with the standards
16:01of registration.
16:02It needs to be below 35% light trans minutes, and it was 15%, so just far too dark.
16:09It's going to be getting ticked for a road-worthy required once it gets out of the impound.
16:13You've also got the rear left tyre is down to the wire, which is a major defect, which
16:17I'll be grounding the vehicle for.
16:18So it's going to be requiring a road-worthy check as a result of the notice that I'll submit
16:21to VicRoads.
16:23Alright, once it comes out of the impound, that'll be required.
16:25Yep.
16:26Well, the tow truck driver's here, so if you grab everything you need to out of the vehicle,
16:30any stuff you've got in the car, just make sure you get it all together so we can
16:32take that away.
16:33Actually, the car will go on the truck.
16:34It'll be in impound for 28 days.
16:37What if I get my mum to pick up this car?
16:39Please.
16:40Please.
16:40No.
16:41She'll come right now.
16:43It's not about who picks it up.
16:44But the car is being impounded.
16:53When you get in a car, the first thing you do is you put your seatbelt on.
16:57Officers McGill and Schnepf are trying to get this father to understand that he must have
17:03his boys restrained while driving, especially in wet conditions.
17:08The driver, his excuse is that he's just driving from the shops to home and it's a short distance.
17:15And I'm just trying to explain to him that even if it is a short distance, anything can
17:18happen.
17:19Whether he has a collision, whether someone cuts in front of his car and he has to hit
17:23the brakes, the first thing that's going to happen is his child is going to smash his
17:28face against the back of that front passenger seat.
17:32And even at low speed with such a young child, that could result in some serious, serious injuries.
17:37Okay, sir.
17:39So that's your driver's license back today.
17:41Okay.
17:41So in relation to having an unrestrained child on the car, okay, it comes to a $385 fine
17:46and carries three demerit points from your driver's license.
17:48Courtesy as well.
17:49Your registration's due in a couple of weeks.
17:51Make sure that's paid as well.
17:52All right.
17:53How'd you go with securing your child?
17:57I don't know.
17:58You put his seatbelt on?
17:59Yeah, yeah, yeah.
18:00Has he got his seatbelt on now?
18:02No, still refuse.
18:03Well, you can park here and walk it.
18:05That's fine, but you cannot drive that car anywhere until that child has been restrained.
18:08I just can't park here because I have no choice.
18:11Well, you do.
18:12As a responsible parent and a responsible driver's license holder, it's your responsibility.
18:16All right.
18:17I'll leave you with that.
18:18The car's not to be driven until the kids are restrained.
18:20Yeah, yeah, yeah.
18:21Okay.
18:21We'll walk.
18:22All right, cool.
18:24So, statistically, just having the seatbelt on will double your chance of survival in
18:28a serious crash.
18:29Why would you want your kid to have your kid put at any risk at all of being injured or
18:34killed in a serious crash?
18:35It's just beyond me.
18:38Bye-bye.
18:39Bye-bye.
18:39Bye.
18:44They shouldn't be too bad.
18:45This driver's been shunted off the road by a truck that possibly didn't see him.
18:51Wait, wait, wait, wait.
18:54Unfortunately, his undercarriage is impaled on a steel post.
18:58Can you back up at four feet?
19:00Go!
19:01I'll do that.
19:04Looking good so far.
19:06It's going to be a good day for Jeff.
19:07Yeah.
19:09Yeah.
19:11Looking good, Jeff.
19:14There's a little bit of fluid there.
19:17Looks like a hydraulic hose of some sort.
19:20I don't think it's the brake line.
19:22If I can get a look under the bonnet and work out exactly what it is, if it's an unrelated
19:26system to the braking system, it'll be fine.
19:28But better to check anyway.
19:30The fluid coming out of it's not the fluid you want coming out of your car.
19:33If it's okay to drive, then it'll be fine for him to drive.
19:36But it's from the ACT.
19:38It's okay.
19:40One of those things.
19:43Getting a mechanic out here to fix it roadside, while it's a simple fix, it's just not safe.
19:48So hopefully it's not a serious thing.
19:50It's just a plug that's come off.
19:52But it does connect to the brake fluid.
19:54So worst case, the brake fluid comes out and then his actual brakes don't work.
19:59Going back to the yard, we'll sort it from there.
20:04That could have been much, much worse.
20:09First of all, I've always been pulled over in this car and then has been in here.
20:14A speeding pee plater with an ironic hoodie is having her mum's car impounded.
20:20Fast car, slow learner.
20:22There's copies of these for the registered owner as well of the vehicle.
20:25I don't think it's your mum that's registered to.
20:27Would you rather I post those to them?
20:28Can you send it to me?
20:30If you're happy to give it to her.
20:31So there's two copies of the same thing.
20:32That's the defect notice.
20:33So this is the impound paperwork.
20:35And there'll be a cost of $9.32 and $40 to get it out.
20:38Okay?
20:39Have a good one.
20:39Thanks, mate.
20:40You too.
20:42Don't have a speeder ever again.
20:4621-year-old female driver there doing in excess of $150 on the 100 zone.
20:51Weaving through pretty heavy traffic.
20:53She's got no P-plates up.
20:54She's a P-1 driver.
20:56Driving around in a car like this.
20:57She's got a modified exhaust back tyre down to the wires.
21:00And she's driving it like a racetrack on the Eastern Freeway.
21:04It's just, yeah, absolutely dangerous, ridiculous, reckless.
21:19Next time on Highway Patrol.
21:24A red light runner refuses the request.
21:27I would recommend you do not drive a motor vehicle, sir.
21:29You're refusing to pay water.
21:32The streets of Box Hill are paved with gold.
21:35There's a truck dropping money, apparently.
21:37I've got no idea.
21:39That was a burn-out.
21:40And there goes the pride and joy.
21:43He's been driving inappropriately like his f*** head.
21:45Idiot.
21:46I've got no idea.
21:48I've got no idea.
21:48I've got no idea.
21:48I've got no idea.
21:48I've got no idea.
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